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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
The rocks were first photographed from the air by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump in January 1947. Binder Rocks were named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Lieutenant R.A. Binder, a U.S. Navy maintenance coordinator at the Williams Field air strip at | The rocks were first photographed from the air by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump in January 1947. Binder Rocks were named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Lieutenant R.A. Binder, a U.S. Navy maintenance coordinator at the Williams Field air strip at McMurdo Sound, during Operation Deep Freeze 1967. | ||
==Peerage title== | ==Peerage title== | ||